Spring is a time of renewal in the Sonoran Desert. Evidence of this renewal is the profusion of Arizona spring wildflowers, along the Apache Trail, that create carpets of color beneath the tall Saguaro cacti.
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In 1970, if you hankered for a luxurious muscle car built to your specifications, Dodge had a solution, the Challenger. Today, if you want a 70s muscle car that is rare (or even unique) and one that you can restore or upgrade, a 1970 Dodge Challenger can fulfill your dreams.
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Located 40 miles north of Silver City, New Mexico, Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is remote. However, it is well worth the winding mountain road to get there. Once there, you can take a 1-mile loop trail that procedes up a side canyon, along a creek, and up to and through the interconnected cliff dwellings. In fact, Gila Cliff Dwellings is one of the few ancient cliff-house sites where visitors can walk in and among the rooms and alcoves on their own.
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White Sands is now a national park as of 2020. Rare, snow-white dune fields composed of gypsum crystals, called selenite, give White Sands National Park its name. It is located in the Tularosa Basin just south of Alamogordo, New Mexico.
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The Palouse hills of eastern Washington, often just called the Palouse, is an area of undulating hills. It is north of the Snake River, south of Spokane, west of the Idaho border, and east of the scablands.
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The Apache Trail in Arizona is a scenic, mostly unpaved, road that goes from Theodore Roosevelt Lake to Apache Junction. It is officially known as AZ 88. And, it meanders through parts of the Superstition Mountains and Tonto National Forest.
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